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Carberp Trojan developers arrested in Ukraine

The mastermind behind the Carberp Trojan and the developers that helped created it have apparently been arrested in Ukraine in a joint action by the Security Service of …

Wide variety of malware lurking in Skype messages

A new malware-spreading campaign is targeting Skype users, warns Dancho Danchev. The attack is mounted via malware-infected users whose compromised Skype account is set to …

Banking Trojan disguised as innocuous Word and WinHelp files

Part of the job of a malware author is to constantly think up new ways of outsmarting researchers and bypassing automatic detection methods used by antivirus and other …

Trojan phishes for credit card info through fake Facebook page

An insidious Trojan is targeting Facebook users and getting them to share confidential personal and credit card information that will then be used to perform fraudulent …

Backdoor Trojan picks up commands from Evernote account

Trend Micro researchers have recently analyzed a backdoor Trojan that contacts an unusual command and control center – an Evernote account. The backdoor – dubbed …

Activists now targeted with trojanized backdoor apps

Phishing emails targeting Tibetan and Uyghur activists and containing spying malware masquerading as legitimate DOC and PDF files are nothing new, as such spam campaigns have …

Fake BBC emails lead to Blackhole, Zeus

Spam emails supposedly coming from CNN and the BBC and delivering links to trending news stories have once again become the preferred way for malware peddlers to lure …

New ZeuS-based modular rootkit offered to cybercriminals

Given the popularity of the Zeus crimeware, and the fact that its source code has been ultimately offered for sale at bargain basement prices, it’s no wonder that every …

Encrypting Trojan targets users, demands $5,000

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users of an active ransomware campaign executed through brute force attack via the RDP protocol on target machines. Once …

Blackhole outfitted with exploit for recently patched Java flaw

The exploit for the recently patched CVE-2013-0431 Java vulnerability has been added to the Blackhole exploit kit, Trend Micro researchers report. The fact was discovered …

Korean Android users targeted with SMS-stealing Trojan

The popularity of Starbucks coffee shop coupon application is being misused by malware peddlers to target South Korean Android users and intercept their incoming text …

NBC website serving malware – stay away!

NBC’s website has been compromised, and is redirecting users to malicious sites, reports Dancho Danchev. According to HitmanPro, the website has been injected with …

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